Can Geek Guys Actually be Healthier Than You’d Think? I
When we’re bidding at auctions for office equipment and furnishings from dotcom companies that’ve crashed and burned, the menu is pretty sparse. Donuts, tea, coffee, and that’s about it. We don’t have time to worry about food, our project has to be done by 0800 hours, and sleep? Forget it. It’s tacos, pizza, more tacos, sodas and coffee all night long. Any sleep we do get is light and we’re so stressed anything under the geological hardness scale of 3 breaks in our hand. Like the toothbrush we grip a wee bit tightly. And that Styrofoam coffee cup. Given these regular eating and lifestyle habits, geeks and gamers surely have a shorter lifespan and more health problems.
Surprise! The results we’ve gathered in our two-year long study tells the opposite tale. Regular PC users, defined as 8 hours or more a day, are less likely to have health problems associated with the average adult American; coronary heart disesase, diabetes, impotence and disorders of the nervous system, such as Alzheimer’s Disease.
Health problems associated with consumption of fast food, junk food and other prepared items.
-Garry Kasparov uses 350 to 400 calories per hour during a chess match. The concentration it takes for error-free coding uses 250 to 300 calories an hour. Typing, surprisingly, already uses 130 calories an hour. Compare that to 30 calories an hour for standing still, 90 calories for casual walking and 300 calories for shoveling snow. Not bad. So the sugar and energy we take in IS being used.
The average geek diet is no more unhealthy than that of the average American. Find out what’s in the fast food you eat here. Frozen food gets a bad image, but it is certainly nutrient-filled, as much so as pizza. As long as the frozen meal package says it’s under 300 calories, has adequate portions of meat and vegetables, and contains under 8 grams of sodium, there’s nothing inherently bad about eating frozen meals on a regular basis. Dietitians tell us that all you need to do is add a cup of fruit yogurt, fresh fruit or salad for a complete meal, so head to your grocer’s freezer and experiment till you find the brands that suit your tastebuds.
–Let’s take a look at the common myth is that geeks and technophiles in general have a low sex drive and high incidence of impotence. According to the research papers we’ve reviewed, geeks have a larger sex drive than the average male population. Intersex.com pegs its visitors at about 60 percent who work in a tech, engineering or R&D related field, which tells us geeks have a normal male sex drive.
Caffeine, of which we consume a great deal, also has been found to have an aphrodisiac-like effect. It is still unclear whether caffeine works to increase and enhance erectile function, or whether it affects the male sexual organs because it stimulates the central nervous system overall.
Environmental toxins have been implicated in cancer, impotence and asthma. But so have an overly clean living environment. Studies show children who live in households that regularly use solvents, detergents, air fresheners and antibacterial cleaning soaps have higher incidence of asthma, attention deficit disorder, antibiotic resistance, as well as colds and flus. In our two-year study geeks who seldom wipe the dust off anything except their monitors had fewer colds and general health problems. Geeks also have little exposure to meningitis and other viral afflictions compared to the average male population.
to be continued…